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time to pray


A few years ago I was at a conference and heard a message from Pastor Steve Gains, Bellevue Baptist in Memphis, as he shared about prayer.  I read back through the notes from his message, and it was powerful.  So powerful that I wanted to share with you.

Here is goes… some of my notes:

Things are different after you pray then before you pray.  You don’t have to have the greatest intellect for God to use you, but you do have to pray.  If you don’t pray, you will not be used as God wants to use you.

You can go to all kinds of conferences or read all kinds of books, but if you don’t pray, God’s hand won’t be on your ministry, your marriage or on your life.

DANIEL 9:23 NLT
The moment you began praying, a command was given. And now I am here to tell you what it was, for you are very precious to God. Listen carefully so that you can understand the meaning of your vision.

A day without prayers is a wasted day.  Why is that?  It is because prayer moves the hand of God.  God never anoints a person who is prayerless.  In fact the devil hates the Jesus in you.  The devil is fighting you, and as the book of James reminds us we must resist the devil, and he will flee.  We are in a war, and we overcome through prayer.

Jesus is the prayer expert.  If Jesus prayed, do you think we need to pray?  Missions was birthed in a prayer meeting.  Prayer reveals the will of God.  Want to know God’s will for your life?  Then pray.

Draw near to God.  God wants His children to come near to Him.  You have the ability to hear the voice of God.  If you are not talking with God, then you are not walking with God.

JEREMIAH 29:13 NLT
If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.

If you don’t pray, you are wasting your life.  The older I get the less I care about what people think of me because I am getting closer to seeing Him.  Lord, I want to be precious to you!

God blesses obedience.  God commanded us to pray.  The reason you aren’t at the level God wants you might be level of your prayers.

My life has changed because I have emphasized prayer.  God honors our prayers even at our weakest.  Every Christian ought to be crying out to God for Him to move in your land.

This is a time to pray.
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